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To start the new year 2016 with an experiment I installed Linux Lite 2.6 64bit version on my old MSI notebook. Everything seems to be working well and I will report details of the hardware (and any problems, if they should occur) soon.
I live in Germany and have been a Linux user for more than 15 years. I prefer distros that are easy on resources (because I only have older, cheaper computers
) so Linux Lite looks like a good match for me! 8)
Have a great year, everyone.
Ciao,
Little Walter
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Welcome,
Good choice, yes LL is lite on resource usage.
If you have any issues, a great community here to help,
with active participation by the devs.
mfg
Dave
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Linux Lite 3.0 Humming on a ASRock N3070 Mobo ~ btrfs RAID 10 Install on 4 Disks 
Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)
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Hi Wirezfree,
Thanks for the reply and friendly reception.
My machine is running very well (sound, wireless, videos, etc) right out of the box! I have now installed the Linux kernel 4.3.3-amd64 and it too is working perfectly!
Since my RAM is only 1 Gig I set my swappiness down from the default value of 60 to a more reasonable 5.
After logging in to the standard xfce4 desktop my RAM usage was around 230 MB. I installed and set up the Fluxbox wm and, after searching and experimenting around, managed to get it to start when I log-in. Now the RAM usage after log-in to the Fluxbox session (and with xfce-power-manager running) is down to a more reasonable 120 MB or so. 8)
My old laptop specs (from running inxi -F) are:
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System: Host: msi Kernel: 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine: System: Micro-Star product: MEGA BOOK M670 version: Ver 1.000
Mobo: MSI model: MS-1632 version: Ver 1.000 Bios: American Megatrends version: A1632NMS Ver7.06 date: 02/06/2007
CPU: Dual core AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-50 (-MCP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 svm)
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA C51 [GeForce Go 6100]
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV4E GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3
Audio: Card: NVIDIA MCP51 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k4.3.3-040303-generic
Network: Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g driver: rt61pci
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:19:db:05:80:33
Card-2: NVIDIA MCP51 Ethernet Controller driver: forcedeth
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:19:db:38:a1:f1
Drives: HDD Total Size: 120.0GB (10.2% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_MK1234GS size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 28G used: 4.2G (16%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 1.99GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 75.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 67.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 171 Uptime: 1:16 Memory: 366.1/866.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17
Ciao,
Little Walter
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01-04-2016, 03:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2016, 04:00 PM by rijnsma.)
Alles Gute auch für Sie, Little.Walter. And happy newyear for every-one.
Have fun with LL!
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Glad to have you and your 15 years of Linux experience added to the forum.
Want to thank me? Click my [Thank] link.
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Hi Jocklad, rijnsma & torreydale,
Thank you, vielen Dank, muchas gracias!! I appreciate the warm reception and hope that I can perhaps help answer some "noobie" questions from others. I know that my start with Linux was not easy, and I would like to try to help others moving away from the M$-Überwachungsstaat (surveillance society) in whatever way I can.
Ciao,
Little Walter
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@ Little Walter
Welcome to the community !
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